Description: The Welsh Fairy BookAuthor(s): W. Jenkyn Thomas, Juliette M. Wood Format: Paperback Publisher: University of Wales Press, United Kingdom Imprint: University of Wales Press ISBN-13: 9780708312575, 978-0708312575 Synopsis The Welsh Fairy Book is the finest example of Welsh book illustration to have been produced in the ferment of the early twentieth century. Published originally in 1907, the stories collected here were set in prose by the Welsh folklorist W. Jenkyn Thomas, editor of classical texts and of the poetry collection Penillion Telyn [tel], and illustrated by the Hungarian graphic artist Willy Pogany in the art nouveau idiom that was at the height of its popularity in the first decade of the twentieth century. This edition includes an introduction by Juliette Wood, chronicling and contextualising changing attitudes towards the work of folklorists and Welsh folk studies, to present again this important example of illustrated text from Wales
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Book Title: The Welsh Fairy Book
Number of Pages: 310 Pages
Publication Name: The Welsh Fairy Book
Language: English
Publisher: University of Wales Press
Item Height: 216 mm
Subject: Mythology
Publication Year: 1996
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 490 g
Author: W. Jenkyn Thomas
Subject Area: Children & Young Adults
Item Width: 138 mm
Format: Paperback
